Why Is Inflation So Low? Juan M. Sánchez, Hee Sung Kim Regional Economist, St. Louis Fed First Quarter 2018 The U.S. inflation rate has been below the Fed’s 2 percent inflation target since 2012. In this article, we revisit the merits of some of the most common explanations for the current low inflation rate.…

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s anti-corruption agency arrested six people, including a former deputy treasury minister, in an investigation into the previous government’s privatization of chemical firm Ciech, state news agency PAP reported on Monday.